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{62}{90}{Y:i}Let me ask you a question.
{92}{126}Say there's a runaway train.
{127}{236}It's hurtling out of control towards ten people|standing in the middle of the tracks.
{241}{346}The only way to save those people is to flip a switch,|send the train down another set of tracks.
{348}{381}The only problem is
{388}{453}there is a baby|in the middle of those tracks.
{455}{515}Why would anyone leave|a baby in harm's way like that?
{516}{580}I don't know. That's not the point.|Look, it's an ethical dilemma.
{581}{622}Look, Katie Brown brought it up|over dinner the other night.
{623}{642}The question is:
{643}{780}is it appropriate to divert the train|and kill the one baby to save the ten people?
{790}{839}Wouldn't the people|just see the train coming and move?
{840}{879}No. No, they wouldn't see it.
{884}{913}Why not?
{918}{975}Well... look, I dunno, say they're blind.
{976}{1017}- All of them?|- Yes, all of them.
{1018}{1074}Then why don't you just call out|and tell them to move out of the way?
{1075}{1133}- Well, because they can't hear you.|- What, they're deaf too?
{1158}{1221}- How fast is the train going?|- Look, the speed doesn't matter!
{1222}{1324}Well, sure it does. If it's goin' slow enough,|you could outrun it and shove everyone to the side.
{1325}{1369}Or better yet, go get the baby.
{1371}{1419}- For God's sake! I was just trying to...|{y:i}- Rodney?
{1420}{1453}Yes. Go ahead.
{1458}{1585}{Y:i}Major Lorne just dialled in from M4D-058.|He says he's got something you'll want to see.
{1619}{1645}Work it out.
{1665}{1706}We came through the space Gate and
{1707}{1797}immediately noticed a bunch of small satellites|in geosynchronous orbit above the planet.
{1798}{1834}An advanced civilisation?
{1838}{1867}{Y:i}That's what we thought,
{1868}{1936}then we picked up life signs directly below,|so we flew down,
{1941}{2030}saw several villages separated by a large river|and decided to check one of them out,
{2031}{2061}{Y:i}and as you can see...
{2062}{2087}Sergeant...
{2093}{2187}{Y:i}these people don't exactly look like|they're ready to be launching any satellites...
{2188}{2258}{Y:i}at least not for the next five hundred years or so.
{2259}{2309}The Ancients probably put `em up there.
{2317}{2367}Send a science team to check it out.
{2386}{2498}Actually, I think Doctor McKay|may wanna come check this one out for himself.
{2501}{2527}Why?
{2540}{2572}Take a look.
{3172}{3242}Season 3, Episode 16|The Game
{3252}{3322}Transcript by Callie Sullivan
{3324}{3394}Subtitles by SG-66|www.seriestele.net
{4431}{4489}How the hell did your face get on that flag?
{4496}{4527}I don't know.
{4548}{4575}Here's the thing, though:
{4577}{4634}that flag's very similar to the one|I designed in our game.
{4635}{4691}It's exactly like the one you designed in our game.
{4693}{4714}What game?
{4715}{4777}- The game Rodney and I have been playing.|- We didn't tell you about the game?
{4778}{4841}{Y:i}- We've been playing for a while now.|- Yeah, off and on in our spare time,
{4842}{4887}you know, at night, between missions,
{4888}{4937}- I could have sworn we told you about it?|- What...
{4939}{4969}game?
{4988}{5017}Well, it started a while ago...
{5018}{5079}{Y:i}a few months after we arrived here.|We were exploring the City,
{5080}{5162}{Y:i}checking out some labs on the east pier|when we discovered a room.
{5163}{5222}{Y:i}There were several Ancient consoles and screens...
{5223}{5258}{Y:i}it was quite an impressive layout.
{5259}{5334}{Y:i}As usual, everything sprang to life|as soon as we entered.
{5467}{5541}{Y:i}At first we thought it was some kind of|a geological facility. There was a...
{5543}{5616}{Y:i}a screen with a map|that we assumed was of the Lantean mainland.
{5617}{5699}- Yes, I remember you briefed me about that.|- Right! There you go! We did tell you!
{5700}{5742}You mentioned nothing about a game, though.
{5743}{5782}That's because at first|we didn't know what it was, then
{5783}{5842}{Y:i}Rodney studied it more closely.|He realised...
{5843}{5880}{Y:i}it wasn't a geological lab at all.
{5881}{5940}{Y:i}No, it turns out it was, in fact,|a... kind of...
{5943}{5973}{Y:i}Ancient game room.
{5979}{6069}{Y:i}The map was of a fictional civilisation|as part of a simulated world.
{6070}{6104}Sweet!
{6105}{6181}Yeah, what you do is, you'd take|these countries that are already in the database
{6183}{6219}and you'd assume control of them.
{6220}{6286}Two societies separated by a river|straight down the middle.
{6287}{6325}Sheppard took one country; I took the other.
{6326}{6443}First thing Rodney did was started by renaming|his country and putting his face all over the flag.
{6512}{6572}I think you need to check this planet out.
{6847}{6902}So the Ancestors created this game?
{6905}{6954}Yes, but this is no ordinary game.
{6956}{7019}I mean, it is incredibly challenging, instructional...
{7020}{7091}I mean, the sheer number of options built into it.|Staggering.
{7092}{7121}How does one play it?
{7122}{7168}You have to figure out|the best way to run your country.
{7169}{7211}{Y:i}Yeah, you build roads, you...
{7212}{7296}establish laws moulded to|your own specific ideology...
{7316}{7347}{Y:i}You can control everything:
{7348}{7402}{Y:i}proper sanitation systems|with water delivery...
{7403}{7436}{Y:i}transportation...
{7437}{7495}{Y:i}I mean, every detail can be manipulated...
{7496}{7553}I mean, right down to the women's hairstyles.
{7695}{7729}Hello there!
{7733}{7770}So how do you win this game?
{7772}{7806}It's not really about winning.
{7807}{7884}{Y:i}It's more about whose society outshines the other's.
{7885}{7976}I mean, who creates a better infrastructure,|who's better at trade.
{8019}{8045}{Y:i}What?
{8046}{8096}Hey, don't start.|I tried to negotiate with you.
{8097}{8195}Making a list of demands and not giving|anything in return is not negotiating.
{8196}{8246}I offered you an entire crop of beans.
{8247}{8285}I don't need beans. I need lumber.
{8286}{8361}Oh, right to build|a defensive fortifications for your army,
{8362}{8428}which he doubled in size, by the way.|Surprise, surprise.
{8429}{8490}- I only did that after you started cheating.|- I did not cheat.
{8491}{8579}He's giving his people way too much technology|for their level of development.
{8581}{8632}I'm not the only one increasing my army, by the way.
{8633}{8713}I had to do something to protect|the people of Geldar from you.
{8722}{8744}Geldar?
{8745}{8789}It's the name of Rodney's country.
{8790}{8850}He named it after a girl he stalked in college.
{8851}{8913}I did not stalk her. We dated twice.
{8917}{8970}Teresa Geldar...|a very cute blonde.
{8977}{9070}I always used to think her name|reminded me of some kind of a mythological land.
{9071}{9110}The Kingdom of Geldar.
{9144}{9188}What did you call your country?
{9189}{9215}Well, I just...
{9216}{9264}kept the name it already had.
{9353}{9395}Well, there are the satellites.
{9404}{9436}Dozens of them.
{9437}{9512}Positioned directly above the continent.|A perfect grid...
{9515}{9588}ten by ten. We should have a visual on one of them.
{9806}{9849}Definitely looks Ancient.
{9866}{9898}And active.
{9899}{9960}It's transmitting a tremendous amount of data.
{9973}{10021}Alright, let's check it out.
{10626}{10668}This is amazing!
{10673}{10717}If you say so.
{10889}{10916}Yeah!
{10917}{10974}That's something you see in a medieval village!
{10975}{11007}Yes, well, the...
{11008}{11064}Renaissance obviously came early to these folks.
{11065}{11118}A couple of hundred years early?
{11279}{11308}Rodney?
{11835}{11874}Say something.
{11877}{11931}- Like what?|- I don't know!
{11932}{11962}{Y:i}Hello.
{11987}{12028}I am Nola.
{12037}{12069}Yes, well...
{12070}{12142}this is Lieutenant Colonel John Sheppard,|Teyla Emmagan,
{12143}{12177}Ronon Dex, and I'm...
{12179}{12207}McKay.
{12208}{12224}Doctor
{12225}{12239}Rodney
{12240}{12266}McKay.
{12452}{12513}The resemblance is...|uncanny.
{12631}{12684}You are the Oracle.
{12686}{12718}The Oracle?
{12974}{13026}Welcome to Geldar.
{13186}{13243}{Y:i}Please forgive my nervousness.
{13251}{13314}I never thought you'd appear to us in the flesh.
{13324}{13388}Why do you refer to him as the Oracle?
{13416}{13520}- The Oracle is a wise and omnipotent deity.|- Boy, she's in for a rude awakening.
{13521}{13588}Thousands of years ago he gave our ancestors life.
{13589}{13662}He instructed them how to build their society,|how to live their lives.
{13663}{13714}His guidance was revered by all.
{13719}{13763}Then one day without warning,
{13764}{13811}the Oracle ceased all communications.
{13812}{13844}War with the Wraith.
{13845}{13933}Our people were puzzled by this|but they continued to adhere to his instructions,
{13934}{13993}living their lives according to his teachings|which they...
{13994}{14061}passed down from generation to generation.
{14067}{14142}Have you not had any trouble with the Wraith?
{14145}{14171}Yes.
{14173}{14214}They've come periodically...
{14215}{14271}culled our people, destroyed our villages.
{14277}{14314}Those who survived rebuilt,
{14315}{14398}but only to the level at which|the Oracle had instructed before he left.
{14401}{14515}We found ourselves stalled in our development,|unwilling to push forward without the Oracle's guidance,
{14516}{14574}{Y:i}hoping one day he would return to us.
{14575}{14630}And two years ago, he did.
{14635}{14720}The Oracle resumed communicating with us,|teaching us many new things.
{14723}{14801}He challenged us to think,|to push the limit of our scientific endeavours.
{14802}{14840}He changed the name of our country and
{14841}{14922}- even revealed his likeness to us.|- Enough with the pictures!
{14981}{15027}And you communicate
{15030}{15059}through that.
{15060}{15099}{Y:i}The portal, yes.
{15185}{15246}It's through this that we receive our instructions.
{15247}{15303}{Y:i}And the Oracle knows when you have carried them out?
{15304}{15326}{Y:i}Yes.
{15327}{15361}It's the satellites.
{15362}{15399}They must be tracking everything that's going on
{15400}{15467}and then relaying it via subspace|back to Atlantis. It's remarkable.
{15468}{15508}So, not a game after all.
{15509}{15552}No, it's obviously some kind of...
{15556}{15590}Ancient experiment...
{15591}{15618}social development,
{15619}{15678}try out different ways to create civilisations.
{15700}{15750}This country here.
{15751}{15783}Hallona.
{15818}{15869}A persistent thorn in our side.
{15899}{15966}Now that you've come to us,|you can help us remove it.
{16153}{16180}{Y:i}So this is it?
{16181}{16266}Yes, yes. It is an amazing piece of technology.
{16267}{16323}It appears to be a sociological experiment
{16324}{16372}designed by the Ancients to help them|as they were...
{16373}{16433}seeding various civilisations throughout Pegasus.
{16439}{16500}I've had a chance to look at it further|and it's interesting:
{16501}{16566}there are many more civilisations|in the game's database.
{16567}{16589}{Y:i}Really?
{16590}{16672}- I thought Rodney said there were only two.|- That's what he thought.
{16673}{16755}The actual countries that|he and Colonel Sheppard are controlling
{16756}{16840}are on this specific planet,|but I've been able to access the codes
{16841}{16899}to unlock additional levels to the game...
{16900}{16976}I mean, to the experiment.
{16982}{17084}I discovered countries on planets|throughout the galaxy.
{17089}{17144}Some have been idle for the past ten thousand years,|I guess...
{17145}{17196}{Y:i}awaiting instructions from the Ancients, but
{17197}{17291}some have managed to develop on their own,|even flourish.
{17305}{17359}Some have been destroyed by war,
{17360}{17396}and others have been
{17404}{17442}completely wiped out.
{17477}{17586}Not that Rodney's and Colonel Sheppard's|societies are on this path.
{17658}{17729}So much power at one's fingertips.
{17759}{17820}It's amazing the attraction of this...
{17826}{17852}game.
{18005}{18083}We've managed to achieve propulsion|through hand-powered propellers,
{18086}{18167}but now we're undertaking tests|of steam-powered propulsion.
{18168}{18251}Only this morning I completed a test|that proved quite promising.
{18252}{18308}Really?|That's great.
{18315}{18350}You're pleased?
{18351}{18385}Yes, yes.|I mean, this is...
{18386}{18424}this is quite an achievement.
{18575}{18619}What's he doing here?
{18626}{18672}It wasn't my idea.
{18677}{18727}{Y:i}Doctor Rodney McKay,
{18732}{18773}meet Baden.
{18810}{18836}Your guy.
{18837}{18869}My guy.
{18873}{18902}Yeah, it figures.
{18903}{18960}I should have you arrested for trespassing.
{18967}{18997}Go ahead and try.
{18998}{19025}{Y:i}Easy now.
{19026}{19106}I brought him here because|we need to have a little discussion.
{19115}{19167}I have nothing to say to him.
{19170}{19229}- Fine with me.|- Yeah, maybe not...
{19245}{19311}but we definitely have something to say to you.
{19349}{19435}So his story's pretty much the same as Nola's.
{19436}{19522}His ancestors received instructions from their Oracle
{19523}{19593}who disappeared for thousands of years,|only to...
{19594}{19660}{Y:i}suddenly resume communicating a few years ago.
{19661}{19677}{Y:i}Let me guess:
{19678}{19767}{y:i}- he told you to double the size of your army.|- Yes, he has a capable army.
{19770}{19809}{Y:i}And some nice villages.
{19810}{19883}No people riding bicycles or hot air balloons,
{19884}{19944}- because we weren't cheating.|- I didn't cheat!
{19945}{19996}Have you come to agree to our trade proposals?
{19997}{20044}You mean demands?
{20052}{20081}Never.
{20126}{20234}- Then I refuse to sit at the same table...|- Look, please, just... just sit.
{20288}{20317}Thank you.
{20359}{20420}This hostility between you...
{20421}{20516}have your people lived|like this for thousands of years?
{20517}{20540}{Y:i}No.
{20551}{20609}There was once peace between our lands.
{20657}{20754}- Oh no.|- So this hostility did it...
{20758}{20807}start a few years ago?
{20808}{20834}Yes.
{20846}{20923}Shortly after the Oracle|resumed communicating with us.
{21100}{21122}So...
{21125}{21191}- what, they're starving?|- Well, not as of yet, but
{21195}{21235}if they don't change their approach to agriculture,
{21236}{21293}it won't be too long before|many of their people go hungry.
{21296}{21385}The frustrating thing is that there is|a large piece of fertile soil in the south
{21386}{21495}of the country that would be ideal|for tuber cultivation, you know?
{21506}{21527}Sorry,
{21528}{21570}- tuber?|- Tuber, yeah, tuber.
{21572}{21625}It is indigenous to the planet.|It's a...
{21630}{21671}it's like a potato.
{21704}{21752}So why didn't you say potato?
{21753}{21796}Because it's not a potato.|It's... it's...
{21801}{21820}it's...
{21822}{21846}larger. It...
{21847}{21908}It has the same texture|and nutrients as a potato but
{21910}{21943}it's a...
{21947}{21980}like a cantaloupe.
{22019}{22053}That's a pretty big potato.
{22055}{22105}Yeah, it is a big potato.
{22106}{22150}So if they plant this thing there, it'll grow?
{22151}{22245}Yeah, oh yes, whole fields of it.|I mean, they could sustain an entire village...
{22246}{22312}but...|they're oblivious to it.
{22339}{22368}You tell `em.
{22372}{22410}Anonymously.
{22429}{22472}Oh, c'mon, Doc, you can either
{22473}{22540}stand here and let the people die, or you can
{22545}{22576}help `em out.
{22582}{22637}Sounds like a no-brainer to me.
{22728}{22811}As soon as we input the instructions into our console,|they are...
{22812}{22851}relayed back to this device
{22852}{22911}by a number of satellites in orbit over your planet.
{22912}{22961}Once you've carried out the instructions,
{22962}{23070}the satellites transmit their real-time|results back to us on our homeworld.
{23126}{23149}So
{23152}{23203}you're saying this is a game?
{23224}{23257}No, no...
{23269}{23357}- I mean, we thought it was a game, but...|- We didn't know there were real people
{23358}{23399}on the other end.
{23435}{23474}You are the Oracle?
{23478}{23536}I'm your Oracle, yes.
{23552}{23632}- That doesn't sound right.|- I know this is difficult to absorb, but
{23633}{23668}{Y:i}it is all true.
{23671}{23737}You flew in the Puddle Jumper.|You know they have the technology.
{23738}{23770}I'm not listening to this.
{23771}{23825}Just hold on here a sec.|We can prove it to you.
{23831}{23856}{Y:i}How?
{23872}{23911}Let's go for a ride.
{24327}{24412}{Y:i}Baden, Nola, this is Doctor Weir,|leader of our expedition.
{24413}{24454}Welcome to Atlantis.
{24462}{24592}If these two gentlemen haven't done so already,|let me please offer you our sincerest apologies
{24593}{24643}for this intrusion into your lives.
{24644}{24685}- Intrusion?|- An imposition,
{24686}{24724}maybe, and a benevolent one at that.
{24725}{24770}{Y:i}I mean, if you could have seen the villages now
{24771}{24823}{Y:i}- compared to the way they were when we started...|- Rodney.
{24846}{24906}Now, why don't you take them to|your game room.
{24907}{24957}Show them what you two have been up to?
{24958}{24983}Right.
{25011}{25038}Shall we?
{25190}{25210}{Y:i}So...
{25213}{25268}{Y:i}this is Geldar and this is Hallona.
{25269}{25288}Look...
{25289}{25345}two weeks ago I instructed you|to start digging a
{25347}{25411}well for the new settlement|on the eastern slope and
{25419}{25446}{Y:i}on here.
{25449}{25484}{Y:i}There. See?
{25582}{25624}Construction's already begun.
{25641}{25668}Yes.
{25696}{25744}I gave the order myself.
{25820}{25900}- Our lives are just a game.|{y:i}- Well, now, no.
{25907}{25998}They're not games to you and, in our defence,
{26002}{26056}we were trying to improve your lives.
{26057}{26130}It's like he said: everything we did,|every instruction we gave was to
{26131}{26169}better conditions for your people.
{26170}{26253}- And if that meant cheating...|- OK, you know, enough with that already!
{26371}{26435}{Y:i}- Is the room OK?|- It's fine.
{26445}{26476}Well, then, if you...
{26477}{26532}if you need anything at all,|don't hesitate to ask.
{26533}{26560}OK?
{26583}{26602}{Y:i}You hungry?
{26603}{26667}Cause we could walk across|to the mess hall. They've got...
{26673}{26728}I think it's... Salisbury steak today.
{26729}{26787}{Y:i}It's very good.|They have a gravy that they put on the...
{26791}{26840}on the steak part and...
{26851}{26903}The Oracle was a god to us.
{26961}{27021}I believed in his teachings,
{27028}{27163}so much so that my people elected me leader|because of my passion for scientific advancement.
{27164}{27222}Well, they obviously made the right choice.
{27224}{27292}Now I must resolve myself to the fact
{27310}{27367}that the Oracle is only a man.
{27392}{27420}Yeah.
{27439}{27472}Sorry about that.
{27490}{27570}It's like I said, though.|I did what I did with the best of intentions.
{27579}{27613}To win a game.
{27620}{27641}No.
{27645}{27685}No, no. It is not about
{27690}{27734}winning or losing.
{27745}{27836}Look, the information I gave you and|your people is very real, very useful.
{27839}{27906}I've set you on a course that will allow you|to develop into a...
{27908}{27945}into a modern society.
{27950}{27995}I mean, what were you two years ago?|You were a...
{27996}{28081}you were a primitive, disparate cluster|of villages stalled in development.
{28082}{28117}Now you're making dirigibles.
{28118}{28180}Do you have any idea how momentous that is?
{28241}{28291}The Oracle once said,
{28300}{28358}"Ask not what Geldar can do for you,
{28359}{28411}but what you can do for Geldar."
{28426}{28465}Those were your words.
{28492}{28524}Give or take.
{28525}{28571}They are very wise.
{28576}{28606}Yes.
{28634}{28666}Yes, they are.
{28693}{28742}Well, now that you know the truth,
{28743}{28788}you can go back to living your own lives.
{28789}{28848}We won't bother you any more.
{28849}{28874}No.
{28887}{28929}You must still help us.
{28930}{28989}You don't need our help, you'll be fine.
{28990}{29035}We need more weapons.
{29053}{29115}The flying machine you brought us here in.
{29130}{29184}You called it a Puddle Jumper.
{29189}{29228}Our army could use it.
{29229}{29252}No.
{29256}{29290}Can't do that.
{29300}{29409}- But you encouraged me to increase the military.|- In response to McKay,
{29410}{29499}the other Oracle,|doing things that I thought were...
{29500}{29570}aggressive? Arrogant?
{29576}{29629}Demeaning to me and my people?
{29640}{29718}I will give you arrogant and demeaning but...
{29719}{29749}The people of Geldar
{29750}{29877}have started digging a mine beneath our borders|to exploit coal resources on our land.
{29899}{29928}Really?
{29941}{29993}It was only confirmed yesterday.
{29998}{30083}This after several diplomatic|attempts to reach a compromise.
{30084}{30133}Yeah, we couldn't come to an agreement,|but I...
{30134}{30206}I didn't think he would start digging.
{30219}{30322}I'm curious to know what response|you would have to such an incursion.
{30342}{30435}I believe your next command would be|to launch an attack on the mine,
{30444}{30509}prevent them from digging further.
{30562}{30608}I'm right, aren't I?
{30717}{30791}{y:i}- Did they believe you?|- Yes. They are fully aware of the situation.
{30792}{30864}- Not too thrilled, obviously.|- We've got a big problem, though.
{30866}{30886}What is it?
{30890}{30991}Game or no game, the fact remains we've started|something these people don't seem to wanna stop.
{30992}{31044}They hate each other|and may be headed for a
{31045}{31103}very real war.
{31115}{31144}Great.
{31165}{31188}Great...
{31189}{31290}and this is thanks|to your "benevolent imposition"?
{31445}{31534}{Y:i}I've asked you both here this morning|so we can have a face to face talk.
{31535}{31620}Now, hopefully,|I can help you reach an understanding.
{31625}{31655}Where's Doctor McKay?
{31659}{31735}Well, I've asked that neither he|nor Colonel Sheppard participate in this.
{31736}{31770}I think they've already done enough
{31771}{31844}in fostering the current tension between you.
{31850}{31921}Now, I have had some experience|brokering peace treaties.
{31928}{31993}I'm sure we can find some common ground.
{32101}{32124}{Y:i}OK.
{32128}{32212}Why don't we start by going back a few years,
{32213}{32300}to the time when your two peoples lived in peace?
{32301}{32343}We were naïve back then.
{32351}{32405}{Y:i}Ignorant to our potential.
{32410}{32495}Once we began to challenge ourselves intellectually,
{32504}{32622}we began to see how the people of Hallona had been|abusing thousands of years of kindness from us.
{32623}{32699}I've done everything I could|to achieve peace with you.
{32700}{32725}Really?
{32728}{32748}Such as?
{32749}{32800}I sent gifts of goodwill.
{32809}{32837}You sent crates
{32838}{32875}of citrus fruit!
{32879}{32902}Citrus!
{32903}{32963}Do you have any idea|what an insult that is to my people?!
{32964}{32993}It didn't used to be.
{32994}{33087}OK, see, I think I know where|that comes from. Did M...
{33099}{33129}the Oracle
{33130}{33195}tell you that citrus fruit was bad?
{33196}{33312}- He made us aware of its toxic properties, yes.|{y:i}- Everything is toxic to you!
{33316}{33434}If they're not busy insulting us,|they're complaining about contaminated food,
{33435}{33469}{Y:i}improper hygiene.
{33470}{33534}Even the sunlight is dangerous to them!
{33535}{33649}The only insult has been your unwillingness|to compromise in any trade negotiation.
{33650}{33762}- Instead, you choose to increase the size of your army.|- You built an army too!
{33763}{33846}- Only in response to your aggression.|{y:i}- My aggression?
{33847}{33971}You dig a mine beneath our border to steal our coal|and you have the nerve to talk about aggression!
{33972}{34046}- We're not stealing your coal.|- You crossed into our land!
{34047}{34143}What do you need it for anyway? It's not like you|know the first thing about what to do with it.
{34144}{34187}You see how she insults us?
{34188}{34253}- By stating a fact.|- Please.
{34255}{34298}If we can discuss this reasonably,
{34299}{34384}- I am sure we can come to some sort of...|- We've tried.
{34392}{34441}{Y:i}They agree to nothing.
{34452}{34569}And until Doctor McKay is brought into this discussion,|I have nothing further to say.
{34900}{34938}That went well.
{34944}{34972}Talk to them.
{34973}{35070}Get them back to the table and hammer out a truce.|I have run into a roadblock.
{35071}{35133}- Really? Nola seemed very agreeable.|- To you.
{35134}{35185}Yeah, well, more agreeable than Richard the Lionheart.
{35186}{35254}They are both refusing to compromise.
{35255}{35339}You seem to have convinced them that they|can't make any decisions without your guidance.
{35340}{35369}That's not true.
{35378}{35404}Tell them that.
{35442}{35480}{Y:i}This is delicious!
{35481}{35553}Listen, you need to make peace|with the people of Hallona.
{35554}{35625}If tensions keep rising like this,|it could lead to war.
{35628}{35652}I'm aware of that.
{35653}{35705}Well, then, you're also aware|that people will get hurt.
{35723}{35774}I know the danger to my people.
{35778}{35905}I also know you've taught us things Baden's band of|knuckle-draggers won't learn for hundreds of years.
{35913}{36020}Under your leadership, we hope to remain many|steps ahead of any kind of aggression from them.
{36021}{36093}Nola, you and your people need|to start thinking for yourselves.
{36094}{36140}Look, I'm not gonna be there for you any more.
{36146}{36230}You need to take control of your own lives,|start making your own decisions about your future.
{36231}{36295}And there can be no future without peace.
{36301}{36354}- I agree.|- Good.
{36373}{36471}And as soon as the people of Hallona|either concede or get out of our way,
{36473}{36515}peace will be restored.
{36540}{36580}What you told me before...
{36588}{36680}I do realise how monumental our progress has been,
{36687}{36758}and I refuse to let Baden destroy that.
{36759}{36868}Great spirits have always encountered|opposition from mediocre minds.
{36869}{36912}Those are the words of the Oracle.
{36914}{36948}Your words.
{36949}{37063}- Einstein's, actually, but...|- If we yield one bit to Hallona,
{37064}{37178}it will be equal to taking a giant|step back in our development.
{37200}{37293}I owe it to my people to make|sure that does not happen.
{37406}{37443}{Y:i}They're digging further.
{37455}{37525}Every hour they intrude deeper into our land.
{37526}{37595}To get them to stop, you have to provide an incentive.
{37603}{37642}Like attacking the mine?
{37643}{37702}That'll cause a whole `nother set of problems.
{37703}{37764}The only problems will be with the people of Geldar.
{37765}{37822}Not necessarily. They can fight back.
{37828}{37854}What are you saying...
{37855}{37883}we should capitulate,
{37884}{37913}let them do whatever they want?
{37914}{37974}No. You make a deal, trade...
{37975}{38097}say, you decide to share some of your weaponry|and they in turn give you some of their technology.
{38098}{38123}{Y:i}John?
{38153}{38178}Go ahead.
{38179}{38208}{Y:i}How's it going?
{38218}{38282}Well, he's being a little...
{38283}{38308}{Y:i}stubborn?
{38309}{38363}I was gonna use a different word.
{38468}{38538}{Y:i}I'd like you to come to my office.|We need to talk.
{38553}{38597}They're not open to any kind of deal?
{38599}{38632}Not yet.
{38633}{38710}Maybe we should stick `em in a room,|force `em to come to an agreement.
{38711}{38732}Don't worry about it.
{38733}{38758}They'll work it out. Look,
{38759}{38818}we just happened to catch them|at a particularly bad time.
{38819}{38892}Sheppard's guy's been doing|a lot of aggressive posturing of late.
{38893}{38959}The only aggression is coming|from the people of Gelding.
{38960}{39003}- Geldar.|- Whatever.
{39010}{39108}His people are digging a mine across|the border into Hallona.
{39152}{39243}The coal resources straddle the border|between my country and his.
{39244}{39341}Barely! They go three miles into my country,|which your people are happily tunnelling into.
{39342}{39403}It has been a point of contention between us,
{39404}{39478}OK, but it is just a difference|in cartographic interpretation.
{39479}{39563}- Tomayto. Tomahto.|- No, no, it's pretty clear cut.
{39564}{39622}- You entered illegally into my country.|- Gentlemen.
{39623}{39695}- You gave me no choice! You refused to negotiate!|- You mean give in.
{39696}{39751}What do you care anyway?|It's not like your people were gonna use the coal!
{39752}{39778}Oh, yeah, that's right.
{39779}{39860}- You need it to power your medieval steam engines.|- Stop it.
{39878}{39928}These are not your lands.
{39929}{39952}This game...
{39953}{39968}is over,
{39969}{40016}so you'd better set aside your differences,
{40017}{40098}because if the two of you can't|figure out how to forge a truce,
{40103}{40158}how the hell are these people going to?
{40203}{40223}{Y:i}Rodney?
{40227}{40244}What?
{40245}{40288}{Y:i}You'd better come to the Game Room.
{40343}{40373}What happened?
{40378}{40443}We've just received a data stream from the planet.
{40552}{40618}{Y:i}Colonel Sheppard's army has launched an attack.
{40652}{40718}Don't look at me. I didn't order it.
{40850}{40908}They're going after the mine!
{41006}{41030}Well...
{41032}{41088}looks like your war just started.
{41326}{41368}Who ordered this?
{41388}{41407}I did.
{41408}{41468}He entered the command on your game console.
{41469}{41538}I only did it because I know it's something|you would have told me to do.
{41539}{41603}I wanted you to make peace with these people!
{41604}{41647}This attack will not go unpunished.
{41648}{41693}{Y:i}No-one is doing any punishing.
{41710}{41783}There'll be no further escalation to this conflict.
{41808}{41842}{Y:i}There's no casualties reported.
{41843}{41903}Looks like the mine was surrendered without a fight.
{41904}{41983}I told my army to minimise collateral damage.
{41984}{42014}You need to get back there.
{42015}{42047}{Y:i}Take Ronon and Teyla with you.
{42048}{42163}{Y:i}Go to your respective countries and make sure|this does not get any further out of hand.
{42178}{42223}No-one has been hurt yet.
{42238}{42278}Let's keep it that way.
{42603}{42624}{Y:i}You're back.
{42625}{42666}- We were beginning to worry.|- What's the status?
{42667}{42729}I've ordered three army units to re-take the mine.|They're on their way.
{42730}{42772}Oh no. No-no-no. You need to put a stop to that.
{42773}{42793}- Why?|{y:i}- Look,
{42794}{42858}we just need to step back and|re-assess the situation here, OK?
{42859}{42923}We should be thinking about easing|tensions, not inflaming them.
{42924}{42950}Oh no.
{42986}{43023}{Y:i}They're continuing to advance.
{43024}{43050}What?
{43055}{43140}Divert the units away from the mine.|Have them gather in the village, prepare to defend it.
{43141}{43177}Isn't this what she's supposed to be stopping?
{43178}{43241}Yes. Look, listen to me. You cannot engage them.
{43242}{43274}We must protect our people.
{43277}{43342}Look, I agree, but you've gotta give|Sheppard some time. He'll call off the army.
{43343}{43369}Will he?
{43458}{43487}{Y:i}Sheppard. Come in.
{43490}{43513}Go ahead.
{43514}{43555}{Y:i}Are you watching what's going on here?
{43556}{43593}We just got here.
{43603}{43645}Pretty much the same set-up as yours.
{43646}{43728}We don't have electricity, but|I'm not gonna get into that right now.
{43729}{43788}Your army is still on the march.
{43789}{43818}What?
{43824}{43889}{Y:i}They're headed for one of my villages.|You need to call them off before they...
{43890}{43932}The attack has begun.
{44166}{44214}{Y:i}Looks like you guys are giving up.
{44221}{44282}What?|No-no-no-no, that can't be right.
{44297}{44340}That was fast, Rodney.
{44342}{44418}They retreated without any kind of a fight.|What kind of an army is that?
{44422}{44482}- Well, at least there's no casualties.|- It's alright.
{44486}{44530}I have another plan.
{44560}{44602}What other plan?
{44607}{44650}Why are you asking me?
{44738}{44760}What are you doing?
{44761}{44814}- Preparing our counter-attack.|- What counter-attack?
{44815}{44903}From information you gave us about high-temperature|and energetic materials technology,
{44904}{44983}I have constructed a tactical explosive device.
{44985}{45024}A bomb?|You actually built a bomb?
{45025}{45092}I told you we'd always be several steps ahead of Baden.
{45093}{45125}How come I didn't know about this?
{45126}{45188}We have yet to test it,|so it still appears to not exist.
{45189}{45245}We will target one of Hallona's outlying villages.
{45246}{45339}How are you even gonna deliver it?|I mean, the catapult couldn't possibly reach that far.
{45343}{45402}- I will deliver it.|- Using one of the airships you taught us to build.
{45403}{45435}- Go.|- Oh, no.
{45436}{45478}No-no-no-no-no.|Come back!
{45518}{45582}You taught them how to build a bomb?!
{45583}{45641}No! Well, not specifically. Look,
{45642}{45692}OK, maybe I provided them|with a list of ingredients but...
{45693}{45731}I don't believe this!
{45732}{45773}How much damage can it cause?
{45774}{45841}{y:i}- Enough to take out an entire village.|- Well, then, you must tell them to stop.
{45842}{45887}I tried that, but it's already on the way!
{45888}{45928}{Y:i}How are they delivering it?
{45972}{46000}Dirigible.
{46011}{46100}- You just had to cheat, didn't you?|- I did not cheat. Look,
{46103}{46165}nowhere in the rules did it specifically|outlaw the development of flying machines...
{46166}{46225}only the degree and speed|of technological advancement.
{46226}{46280}Well, they advanced pretty damned fast, didn't they?
{46281}{46336}Do we still have time to shoot it down?
{46353}{46407}Yes. Yes, I think so.
{46409}{46444}Then we'd better get moving.
{46469}{46496}{Y:i}Absurd!
{46498}{46564}{Y:i}What are you talking about?|It's a perfectly reasonable request!
{46565}{46651}{Y:i}Oh yeah. Perfectly reasonable I give you|all of my food and my people starve.
{46652}{46755}I am not asking you for all of your food!|Plus I did say that we would make a deal.
{46756}{46802}A deal. Oh yeah. Baskets.
{46803}{46833}Big baskets!
{46834}{46892}Two dozen of `em, hand-woven and very nice.
{46894}{46934}Oh, very nice. What am I gonna put in them?
{46935}{46981}{Y:i}- Certainly not food!|- You know what?
{46985}{47016}{Y:i}I think you're holding out on me.
{47017}{47049}I think you have plenty of food.
{47050}{47072}Are you calling me a liar?!
{47073}{47137}No, I think you're trying to squeeze me|for a better deal, that's what I think.
{47138}{47183}I have got nothing to hide! Now, if you're...
{47184}{47246}OK, OK, so maybe I'll send some of my army|troops down and we'll have a look!
{47247}{47296}What the hell are you two doing?
{47349}{47459}I thought I gave specific orders|to stay away from this device.
{47469}{47511}{Y:i}Yes, yes, you did.
{47523}{47566}We just saw that there were some people
{47567}{47621}in trouble and we thought that maybe that we could...
{47665}{47676}help.
{47677}{47698}{Y:i}No!
{47705}{47738}No more help.
{47740}{47779}Clearly we are not qualified.
{47780}{47851}Now turn this thing off, disconnect|the power and seal the room.
{47852}{47873}Yeah, but, OK, we...
{47874}{47895}Now!
{47957}{47982}Yes.
{48145}{48208}I hoped you would be proud of our accomplishments.
{48248}{48334}I am, really. I just... I wish it didn't lead to this.
{48534}{48567}What's that?
{48846}{48876}There it is.
{48894}{48967}Good. Now all you have to do is puncture the balloon.
{48970}{48999}Already on it.
{49195}{49237}Colonel Sheppard!
{49260}{49319}He shot down our airship with the Puddle Jumper!
{49320}{49377}- Well, don't worry. No-one was hurt.|- He just... he punctured it.
{49378}{49426}It sank harmlessly to the ground.
{49508}{49555}Prepare the other bombs for delivery.
{49556}{49581}Other bombs?
{49582}{49616}What, you have more?!
{49682}{49699}Great.
{49983}{50019}Thank you for your help.
{50030}{50085}You saved the lives of everyone in that village.
{50086}{50140}We won't be doing that again.
{50159}{50252}I had no idea they were capable of|delivering such a device.
{50253}{50285}Tell me about it!
{50288}{50388}I've issued orders to make certain|they don't try again.
{50391}{50449}What kind of orders?
{50450}{50506}A full-scale attack has been launched.
{50532}{50584}It's time to finish this war.
{50915}{50938}I've seen this before.
{50939}{51001}If two sides are dead set on fighting,|nothing's gonna stop them.
{51002}{51050}So I've gotta get Nola to call off the attack.
{51051}{51096}You couldn't do it before.|What makes you think you can now?
{51097}{51127}How about a little encouragement,
{51128}{51189}you know,|"Go get `em, Rodney. I have faith in you"?
{51200}{51220}OK, whatever.
{51221}{51263}Look, I am not giving up on these people,
{51268}{51314}which means until we get them to call this war off,
{51315}{51365}then we are staying put right here.
{51502}{51539}We could use your help. Come on.
{51550}{51577}What's going on?
{51580}{51659}Elizabeth diverted the Daedalus on its|way back to Earth to check up on us.
{51660}{51720}Colonel Caldwell believed that|the situation had deteriorated.
{51721}{51786}He feared that we would become|casualties of war and so beamed us out.
{51787}{51836}Yeah, but I talked him into beaming us back,
{51837}{51884}but we've gotta do something first, so come on.
{51891}{51927}- Do what?|- I've got a plan.
{51928}{51971}- Oh, what plan?|{y:i}- Oh, come on, already.
{51972}{52008}How's the situation on your end?
{52009}{52046}All-out war. You?
{52153}{52205}Where did you go?|What happened?
{52210}{52257}Nowhere. No, we were just upstairs.
{52263}{52318}- Someone said you vanished into thin air.|- What?!
{52319}{52355}No, that's ridiculous. How could we vanish?
{52356}{52430}The airships have passed the southern forest.|They're nearing their targets.
{52431}{52458}Let's hope we strike first
{52459}{52537}before Baden's army reaches our villages.|We'll destroy their will to fight.
{52538}{52562}OK.
{52563}{52590}Listen to me.
{52591}{52699}For two years now I have been the Oracle to your people.|I have given you much wisdom and guidance and
{52700}{52743}bestowed much of my knowledge.
{52748}{52820}- Look, it's like you said: I was a god.|- Easy.
{52822}{52839}And yes,
{52840}{52931}yes, I may just be a man,|but that wisdom still remains.
{52934}{53032}And now, more than ever, you need to heed|my guidance and call back those ships.
{53105}{53168}You told me it was time to start thinking on my own.
{53184}{53213}Right.
{53220}{53259}So now I am.
{53279}{53329}My people are looking to me.
{53342}{53384}This is my decision...
{53414}{53479}and we will be victorious.
{53693}{53729}Why won't you help us?
{53730}{53786}I'm not shooting down any more ships.
{53789}{53845}We're done helping you wage this war.
{53857}{53904}Then we'll shoot them down ourselves.
{53905}{53935}How?
{53979}{54045}Our weapons are not as primitive as Nola believes.
{54046}{54152}- Many people will die on both sides.|- If you want to leave, then leave.
{54157}{54222}We'll continue this fight even if you've lost the will.
{54223}{54324}- You're making a big mistake.|- The only mistake was not doing this sooner.
{54389}{54419}You'll see.
{54423}{54485}This is the right path for my people.
{54694}{54733}{Y:i}They've reached our villages.
{54734}{54770}Two have already fallen.
{54771}{54838}The airships are almost in position. We should...
{54889}{54921}What happened?
{54931}{54974}They shot down one of your ships.
{54983}{55051}- It wasn't the Puddle Jumper.|- Maybe one of the catapults hit it.
{55052}{55088}No, impossible!
{55187}{55254}Two more villages have fallen.|It appears many are dead.
{55255}{55283}Sheppard...
{55284}{55325}Come in... Sheppard!
{55342}{55374}The radio's dead.
{55468}{55505}They're coming here.
{55626}{55653}What, they have bombs too?!
{55654}{55711}{y:i}- We need to get your people out of here now.|- Help them.
{55979}{56023}Their army has surrounded us.
{56024}{56104}The road out of the village is blocked.|People are being slaughtered as they try to leave.
{56105}{56138}We're trapped.
{56283}{56317}What shall we do?
{56519}{56556}It's over.
{56841}{56886}Rodney, where the hell are you?
{56923}{57020}They've dropped another bomb. Hundreds are dying!|How can you stand by and let this happen?
{57100}{57143}Nola's army has surrounded the village.
{57144}{57200}- We'll get to the Jumper.|- They just destroyed it.
{57405}{57445}We're being overwhelmed.
{57450}{57482}What should we do?
{58059}{58095}Game over.
{58202}{58237}{Y:i}Rodney, you there?
{58260}{58308}Yeah. We hear you.
{58313}{58356}We'll give you a call when we're ready to be picked up.
{58357}{58390}{Y:i}Got it.
{58401}{58444}I don't understand.
{58465}{58495}What's going on?
{58527}{58624}What you just witnessed is what I would call|another level to the game.
{58625}{58671}See, we were beamed up earlier to our ship,
{58672}{58735}the Daedalus, in orbit over your planet.
{58736}{58807}While we were there, I had Doctor McKay|hack into the two devices,
{58808}{58893}upload doomsday scenarios for each|of your countries into the game.
{58894}{58979}Everything you saw just now|was transmitted from the Daedalus.
{59008}{59040}You mean
{59067}{59117}none of this was real?
{59128}{59198}No-one was hurt. No-one was killed.
{59204}{59249}{Y:i}All just part of the simulation.
{59253}{59310}In reality, your two armies are standing down,
{59311}{59353}awaiting further instructions.
{59366}{59453}- But we heard explosions. We felt them.|- Thanks to some...
{59457}{59533}pinpoint shots from our friends in the Daedalus.
{59559}{59622}It really added to the realism, didn't it?
{59704}{59760}I'm sorry that we had to do that,
{59771}{59812}{Y:i}but you needed to see
{59813}{59850}{Y:i}how this could end.
{59854}{59907}Feel what a real war is like.
{60145}{60224}You still think it was the right path for your people?
{60474}{60507}Well, thanks Mel.
{60587}{60615}Gentlemen.
{60626}{60656}How's it going?
{60665}{60702}Ah, it's still going.
{60727}{60764}We're just taking a break.
{60768}{60821}There's a lot of animosity to be unravelled
{60822}{60904}but I think they are finally willing to|at least try to make it work.
{60905}{60939}Well, it's about time.
{60955}{61007}Yeah. And you two?
{61025}{61064}Called a truce yet?
{61065}{61115}Yeah, sure. We're good.
{61116}{61159}Yeah, don't worry.|We're gonna stick to chess from now on.
{61160}{61195}As long as Rodney doesn't cheat.
{61196}{61237}Oh, please, like I need to cheat playing you?
{61238}{61284}OK, I'll leave you to it, then.
{61438}{61466}Checkmate.
{61475}{61501}What?!
{61506}{61545}Oh, no-no-no-no-no.|What happened there?
{61546}{61616}- What happened there is I just kicked your ass.|- No, no, I was distracted. She was...
{61617}{61653}OK, we're going again.
{61654}{61687}Best of ten.